fust-rate

"Reube seems ter be a-keepin 'his balance fust-rate, but I hain't built so genteel es he is, nor hed the experiunce, neither."

Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Various

The young man John is still, as he says, "in fust-rate fettle."

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Various

An 'everythin' fust-rate o '' ts kind, the 'warn't no impersition.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Various

I understand that there never have been so many fust-rate teachers, male and female, out of employment as doorin 'the present season.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 Various

His second was a sanguinary one; namely, that a pair of ducks would only be one meal for four campers who were "camp-hungry," and that Uncle Eb had spoken of squirrels as "fust-rate eatin '."

Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Isabel Hornibrook

I'll be skwitched, ef it a'n't a fust-rate consarn, the hull on't.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 46, August, 1861 Various

'Zat fust-rate' otel, ze Fiddle House; ze landlord he maks var 'big fuss over ze grand persons as come zére -- var' big fuss.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Sairy, but thee'd better believe that air British navy's a fust-rate place fur larnin 'a feller ter know when he's well off.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Various

Puts her through fust-rate, -- said the young fellow whom the boarders call John.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various

"The haalth of the school is fust-rate," replied Mr. Peckham.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 41, March, 1861 Various